A Bulldog or a Rhodesian - You Tell Me
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If Michael Parks calls the pipe he made a "Bulldog", then it is a "Bulldog". The maker has the right to name his creation as he will. Man is man, woman is woman!
Sadly not one of mine, but an attempt to further show the hybridization of modern shapes. Lovely piece though.
It just occurred to me, obtuse as I am, that the rounded underside of the shank is more than just an aesthetic departure from the standard diamond shape. It also serves to stabilize a pipe when it's docked in a typical pipe stand.
I've found that pipes with diamond shanks tip onto their sides rather easily with these style stands:
The "bucket seats" below provide the standard diamond shank with more support against rotation:
I've found that pipes with diamond shanks tip onto their sides rather easily with these style stands:
The "bucket seats" below provide the standard diamond shank with more support against rotation:
Awesome looking pipe! There is no gender fluidity to that pipe! That is a man's pipe, obviously a bulldog!
Cortez, one of the things that I love about bulldogs and diamond shanks is that they will tip slightly without a stand, but I can trust it not to fall all the way over. So, they are like sitters, but at an angle. :
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I'm voting dog. I appreciate the shank isn't a perfect square/diamond, but it has clear edges. That's a master worke of a pipe. Down the hierarchy a ways, but presenting a similar problem, is the Sav 673, at least in the Opera version. The edges are more rounded, although still giving the shank distinct edges. I think it was labeled by Sav as a bulldog, and Iwan Ries went along. But it is much more arguable than this pipe. But I vote dog for this one, and I'll go along with dog for the Sav.
Nice, but not comprehensive enough. How about Bulldesian Ridgepeck ? Peckdesian Ridgeback ? Bulldesian Peckback ?
Rhodesian is technically a sub-category of the Bulldog. So I would be tempted to lean towards a "triangle shanked bulldog." The rings around the bowl and the diamond top of the shank scream bulldog, but the shank variation must be accounted.
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